eVestment's Top Hedge Funds In September 2020

Our monthly peek into the viewing habits of eVestment's institutional investor and consultant subscriber base shows a brand new winner. Echo Street Capital Management's Echo Street GoodCo Select Funds product was the most viewed hedge fund on the eVestment platform in September, a first for the firm (and fund). 1060 Capital Management, which has been hovering around the top spot for a few months now, was second last month with its 1060 Capital Opportunity Fund, and Marshall Wace was third with its MW TOPS Fund.

At the regional level, Escho Street GoodCo Select Funds was the most viewed by US-based subscribers; 1060 Capital Opportunity Fund was most viewed by Asia ex-Japan-based subscribers; Europe ex-UK saw Corbin Capital Partners' Pinehurst Institutional Ltd take the top spot; Varadero Capital's Varadero Master Fund was the most viewed hedge fund by UK-based subscribers; and Ayaltis' Areca Sicav SIF - Convexity Fund was most viewed by Africa/Middle East-based subscribers.

At the firm level, Marshall Wace took the top spot overall last month. Lighthouse Investment Partners was second - the firm's Lighthouse Global Long/Short Fund that firm's most viewed product - and AQR was third, with Style Premia Fund the firm's most viewed product.

At the regional level, the firms with the most viewed individual products also took the top spot in the respective regions at the firm level, with the lone exception of Europe ex-Uk, where there was a tie between Waratah Capital Advisors and Marshall Wace for the most viewed firm overall.

The top rising fund - those with the greatest absolute increase in the proportion of views they received of their alternative products from investors and consultants in the current month, versus the proportion of views they received in the prior 12 months as a whole - was again Echo Street GoodCo Select Funds. Second was Marshall Wace's MW TOPS Fund and third was Highbridge Capital Management's Highbridge Tactical Credit Fund.

Marshall Wace and Lighthouse Investment Partners were also the top two rising firms - same criteria as for the rising products - and Ayaltis came in third place.